Breakfast: Do you skip it?

Today I'd like to briefly cover the topic of breakfast, the most important meal of the day.

Many people that I talk to have decided that breakfast is an unnecessary part of their day, and that it slows them down with little to no benefit every morning. While I admit that cooking a full breakfast is time consuming, it does have it's benefits:

Your metabolism will be started off right, provided you fill up on the nutritious side of the breakfast table, and avoid the drive-thru Mc'D's on your morning commute. 

You'll have the energy to get through the morning without the need for snacking on vending machine items or otherwise readily available but unhealthy foods.

You'll have a nice spot of time to stop getting ready for the day and enjoy yourself. I like to sit down, watch a little breakfast television, and savour my food for a few minutes while I relax and think about absolutely nothing, preparing myself for a hard day ahead. Compare that to eating a McMuffin while driving and being stuck in traffic, the possibility of grease stains ever-lingering over your crisp pants.

I like to have a full bowl of steel cut oats every morning, because they’re such a versatile food item, and provide a good amount of slow burning carbohydrates that keep my body fueled and ready to go for a few hours. I will usually add a generous amount of milk and a dash or cinnamon, as the oats can be quite bland by themselves, but you can add pretty much anything (within reason, of course; don’t go adding triple-churned iced cream!) and they’ll taste like whatever you’ve added. In the summer I like to add seasonal fruits to my oats to add a citrus kick every morning!

On mornings where I’m running a little late, I grab a couple of the hard boiled eggs that I’ve got ready to eat in my fridge, and some Vector or Kashi cereal in a Tupperware container. Skipping breakfast  is never really an option, because I’ve taken the time necessary to make sure that even if I’m late I can still get in a good amount of nutrients every morning.

Alongside my breakfast, whatever it may be, I am currently taking One A Day Men’s multivitamin to cover my recommended daily vitamins!

What do you usually eat for breakfast?  Do you skip it, or are you always prepared for a rushed morning?